Commentary for Shevuot 24:5

(תנא לא הוקדש אלא לכפר על מזבח החיצון):

And Samuel also agrees with R'Johanan,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 12a, that, according to R. Simeon, the surplus of regular offerings are used as dessert for the altar; and, according to the Rabbis, they are redeemed unblemished, and are re-bought to be sacrificed as regular offerings in the coming year; so that, both according to R. Simeon and the Rabbis, the regular offerings themselves are sacrificed, and they need not be put to pasture till they become blemished.');">⁶</span> for Rab Judah said that Samuel said: In the case of congregational offerings, it is the knife that draws them to what they are.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is the slaughtering knife, or, in other words, the moment of slaughter, that determines their purpose. Before they are slaughtered, however, they may be changed, according to R. Simeon, from one type of offering to another, e.g., from regular burnt-offerings to dessert (also burnt-offerings) ; and, according to the Rabbis who hold that the Beth din have the power to make a mental stipulation, the year's surplus of regular offerings may be redeemed unblemished, and later re-bought and sacrificed as regular offerings in the coming year. V. Rabbenu Hananel and Tosaf. a.l.; Zeb. 6b, Rashi and Tosaf.');">⁷</span>

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